Wilson & Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 24, 1940

27 N.L.R.B. 423 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of WILSON & Co., INC. and INTERNATIONAL BROTHER-
HOOD OF TEAMSTERS , CHAUFFEURS , STABLEMEN AND HELPERS OF
AMERICA, LOCAL # 202, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F . OF L.1
Case No. R-1874
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND
ORDER
-September 24, 1940
On' July 27, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in
the above-entitled proceeding.2 Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tions, elections by secret ballot were conducted on August 14, 1940,
and August 17, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Re-
gional Director for : the Second Region (New York City). On
August 30, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties
her Election Report.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Mineola Branch
Total number eligible to vote__________________________________ 7
Total number of ballots cast__________________________________ 7
Total number of valid ballots_______________________________'__
Total number of votes in favor of Commission Chauffeurs &
7
Drivers Union No. 202, A. F. of L.___________________________ 6
Total number of votes against aforementioned union____________ 1
Total number of blank votes___________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots___________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged votes______________________________ 0
I The Union is also called Commission Chauffeurs & Drivers Union No 202, A. F. of L,
and chose to have the latter name on the ballot
225 N . L.R.B 938.
27 N. L. R. B., No. 90.
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424 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Jamaica Bi anch
Total number eligible to vote_ ______________________________ 6
Total number of ballots cast ________________________________ 6
Total number of valid ballots______________________________ 6
Total, number of votes in favor of Commission Chauffeurs &
Drivers Union No. 202 , A. F. of L ----------------------- 6
Total number of votes against afore-mentioned union------- 0
Total number of blank votes___________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots___________________------------------- ------------- 0
Total number of challenged votes ----- --------------------- 0
Beekman Branich,
Total number eligible to vote_______________________________ 3
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 3
Total number of valid ballots_______________________________ 3
Total number of votes in favor of Commission Chauffeurs &
Drivers Union No. 202, A F. of L.________________________ 0
Total number of votes against afore-mentioned union-------- 3
Total number of blank votes___________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of challenged' votes-------------------------- 0
On September 4, 1940, ,Nilson & Co., Inc., herein called the Com-
pany, filed with the Regional Director its objections to the conduct
of the ballot and the Election Report. On September 7, 1940, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended, issued and duly served her report on the objections of
-the Company to the conduct of the secret ballot and the Election
Report.
The Board has considered the objections of the Company and
finds that they do not raise substantial or material issues with
respect to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report. The
objections are hereby overruled.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and
9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Brotherhood of Team-
sters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers of America, Local #202,
affiliated with,the A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by
a majority of all chauffeurs and chauffeur luggers at the Mineola
and Jamaica Branches of the Company, at ,Long Island, New York,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining in
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each of the above-named branches, and that pursuant to the pro-
visions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Inter-
national Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and
Helpers of America, Local #202, is the exclusive representative of
all such employees in each of the above-named branches for the
purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended, ,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certi-
fication of representatives of the employees of Wilson & Co., Inc.,
in so far as it refers to the Beekman Branch of Wilson & Co., Inc.,
be and it hereby is dismissed.